Death notices, 3/20

The following notices have been submitted for publication in the Wednesday edition of the San Angelo Standard-Times.

SAN ANGELO — Rachel Begil, 76, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in a local hospital. Service is at 10 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Knickerbocker with burial in Knickerbocker Cemetery. Arrangements are by Johnson's Funeral Home.

Survivors include her brother, Henry Begil of San Angelo; daughter Marie Begil of Knickerbocker; sisters Omega Estrada of Dallas and Rebecca Aleman of San Antonio; and brothers Samuel Herrera of San Antonio and Pedro Herrera of Corpus Christi.

SAN ANGELO — L.C. Grooms, 84, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at his residence. Graveside service is at 2 p.m. today in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Johnson's Funeral Home.

Survivors include her son, Cody Mercer of San Antonio; mother Obera Godwin of Gatesville; and sister Karla Reaves of Gatesville.

SWEETWATER — Lota Bell Smauley Gent, 93, of Garland, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, in a Mesquite care center. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home. Service is at 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Survivors include her brothers, Junior Smauley of Seminole and J.P. Smauley of Sweetwater; and children Dewey Gent of Green Valley, Ariz., Janice Cornell of Rowlett, Karen Toler of Littleton, Colo., and Celia Peace of New Braunfels.

BIG SPRING — Jo Ann Capps, 73, died Monday, March 18, 2013, in a Lubbock hospital. Visitation is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Service is at 1 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial in Vealmoor Cemetery.

SWEETWATER — Esteban M. Torrez, 90, died Monday, March 18, 2013, in a local hospital. Rosary is at 7 p.m. Thursday in Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home chapel. Service is at 2 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with burial in Sweetwater Cemetery.

ELDORADO — Cynthia Baker Sauer, 72, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at her residence. Service is at 2 p.m. Friday at Mertzon Highway Church of Christ with burial in Eldorado Cemetery. Arrangements are by Kerbow Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband, Duwain Sauer of Eldorado; and daughters Lynna Mikeska and Carrie Pridemore, both of Eldorado, and Melissa Murr of Sonora.

ROBERT LEE — Elvin James Hodges, 91, died Friday, March 15, 2013, in a local nursing home. Memorial service is at 10 a.m. Saturday at Robert Lee Care Center. Arrangements are by Shaffer Funeral Home/Robert Lee.

Survivors include his sons, Michael Hodges of Robert Lee and Matthew Hodges of San Angelo.